Bad News About A Planet Member

[PinkFloyd]

Just learned that fellow planet member JOhn is in the hospital in Colorado... He suffered a heart attack from what I've learned from some relatives of his...

When I learn more -- I'll let you all know... I've known John for alot of years... He lived only about 3 miles from me afew years ago, before he decided to move to Wyoming...

[Splat420]

To bad I will pray for him.

[RealSNR]

Terrible news. He'll be in my prayers.

[Rain Man]

Sorry to hear. Isn't he in his forties or thereabouts?

[the Talking Can]

rough...hopefully he'll recover fine...

[Huffman83]

Godspeed!

[KCFalcon59]

Prayers being sent his way. Get well soon!

[Skip Towne]

Sorry to hear that.

[PinkFloyd]

Sorry to hear. Isn't he in his forties or thereabouts?

Yes; hes about my age... 42-43 or so...

[Skip Towne]

I wonder if Bwana knows anything about it?

[NaptownChief]

BEst wIshes to JOhn. HOpefully he hAs a cOmplete aNd sPeedy rEcovery.

[StcChief]

God speed in your recovery JOhn

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Get well JOhn then come back and let us know how you are.

[|Zach|]

:(

[Hydrae]

Wow, very sorry to hear that. Please be sure to pass along the well wishes of the board as a whole!

[Buck]

Get well soon JOhn

[Braincase]

Sticky this thread, please.

Prayers, positive vibes, karma and an unexpected tax reimbursement from the IRS out to JOhn.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Good luck, John.

[Bwana]

Well that sucks if true. I just hooked up with the guy down in Cody about 6 weeks ago and gave him a bunch of car care products and bought him lunch. Way to young for this kind of thing I would have thought. He seemed to be doing fine last time I talked to him.

[Phobia]

Wow. GWS, JOhn.

[Hydrae]

Well that sucks if true. I just hooked up with the guy down in Cody about 6 weeks ago and gave him a bunch of car care products and bought him lunch. Way to young for this kind of thing I would have thought. He seemed to be doing fine last time I talked to him.


You know, I got to thinking that him being in a hospital in Colorado may not be a good sign. I would think if it was fairly routine he would be in a hospital there in Wyoming. Being in Colorado is probably not a good sign.

[FAX]

Not good.

Here's to a full and speedy recovery.

FAX

[PinkFloyd]

I've got his last cell phone number... Been thinking of trying to call it, but thought i'd wait... I know the mother of his daughter, so i'll try to find some things out later tonight...

[mlyonsd]

Godspeed JOhn.

[Mr. Kotter]

Thoughts and prayers to JOhn. :(

[Logical]

Wow this is really sad, JOhn has had more than his share of hard times and difficulties to overcome. He has a kind heart and I wish him and Brandy as well as their entire family well.

[jAZ]

All the best to JOhn and his family.

[memyselfI]

We need a prayer sticky for this...

John has been a major thorn in my side and I really want him better and soon.

[BigMeatballDave]

Godspeed

[el borracho]

rough...hopefully he'll recover fine...
I admit... it's a combover.

[wazu]

Wow. GWS, JOhn.

Couldn't you have spelled out the whole sentence?! What an insensitive jerk!


...Oh, btw, get well soon, JOhn. We'll be praying for you.

[Nzoner]

Get well soon John

[cdcox]

I'm sorry to hear this. Hope that he gets well soon.

[go bo]

well, that sucks...

get well soon jOhn and best wishes to you and your family...

[mikey23545]

Wow....Good luck and speedy recovery, JOhn....

[VonneMarie]

Hang in there, John!

[PinkFloyd]

Update: Found out that he did possibly have a heart attack... He was taken to a hospital in Wyoming, then later moved to another there in Wyoming... He's having some tests run, so it appears they are trying to find out what caused it in the first place... Reason he was moved wasn't because it was a bad attack, they just wanted to move him to a hospital with alittle more knowledge in the field of heart medicine... So; hopefully thats a good sign in the least...

[Frankie]

I'm especially interested in his recovery. Please let us informed about his progress, PF.

[BigRedChief]

Get well soon
BRC

[Jenson71]

Git gooder sonn, jOhn~!

[alanm]

You know, I got to thinking that him being in a hospital in Colorado may not be a good sign. I would think if it was fairly routine he would be in a hospital there in Wyoming. Being in Colorado is probably not a good sign.
They have a very good regional heart care center in Ft. Collins. 3/4 of the people here in Scottsbluff go there for care as well. It's just the way things are when you live out in the sticks. I wouldn't read much into it.
Get well soon JOhn.

[Mi_chief_fan]

JOhn was an original member of the All Idiot Team with me, MarkM and Titus. get well soon, if for no other reason than to piss off Packfool.

[kilgore_trout]

Sorry to hear it. Get tremendously better soon, JOhn...

[Skip Towne]

Couldn't you have spelled out the whole sentence?! What an insensitive jerk!


...Oh, btw, get well soon, JOhn. We'll be praying for you.
He doesn't have much room to typ.

[tommykat]

Wow JOhn I am so sorry. Keep your head held high! Things will be OK. Keep us posted.

[PinkFloyd]

I'll try to find out some more info tomorrow... I'll get in touch with his daughter and see what I can find out... I'm sure if I know John -- being the EMT he was -- he knew something was wrong and got help in PLENTY of time... I'm sure he will pull thru all of this and come out just fine...

[Chief Roundup]

Good luck John Get well.

[Ebolapox]

get well soon, joHN

[morphius]

This is a shame, get well soon JOhn.

[Archie F. Swin]

From one John to another....positive thoughts and well wishes!

[PinkFloyd]

LMFAO !!! JOhn just texted messaged me from ----- ICU !!! No one else but him would think to sneak a phone into the hospital while having a heart attack...

He's doing OK --- just tired and alittle sore still... I told him we were all praying for him and that we miss him on here... I also told him I would be checking up on him tomorrow...

I got that text message at 11:40 pm !!!

[Hydrae]

Excellent news! Thanks for the update, hope we hear from JOhn himself soon.

[big nasty kcnut]

get well soon john we need you here and healthy. It's chiefs season.

[Ugly Duck]

Dang... here I am wishing a ChiefsFan the best and all good things to come his way. Please don't tell the other RaiderFanz....

[PastorMikH]

Just now saw this. PinkF, would you mind telling jOhn I said hello and I will be praying for him. You can also tell him I've missed him being around here.

[grandllama]

Prayers John, Get well soon.

[seclark]

thoughts & prayers JOhn.
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[boogblaster]

Get well Planeteer..this might be our SB year ...

[Bowser]

Quick recovery, JOhn.

[FAX]

LMFAO !!! JOhn just texted messaged me from ----- ICU !!! No one else but him would think to sneak a phone into the hospital while having a heart attack...

He's doing OK --- just tired and alittle sore still... I told him we were all praying for him and that we miss him on here... I also told him I would be checking up on him tomorrow...

I got that text message at 11:40 pm !!!

Good news. Thanks for posting, Mr. PinkFloyd.

FAX

[WARPARTY70]

Get well soon , JOhn

[Sure-Oz]

Hope he gets better fast, sounds like a plus atleast if he's texting!

[Rain Man]

Dang... here I am wishing a ChiefsFan the best and all good things to come his way. Please don't tell the other RaiderFanz....

We'll tell people that you stole his wallet from the hospital room.

[Calcountry]

Thoughts and prayers to JOhn. :(

[HemiEd]

Best wishes to JOhn and your family.

[Frazod]

Shit, I just now noticed this. :eek:

Best of luck to you, JOhn. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[PinkFloyd]

John just texted me again, and said he's feeling alittle better... Still pretty sore and tired, but feeling somewhat better... Still doesn't know how long he will be in the hospital though...

[chagrin]

John just texted me again, and said he's feeling alittle better... Still pretty sore and tired, but feeling somewhat better... Still doesn't know how long he will be in the hospital though...

Good to hear, real good to hear; Stay strong JOhn!

[NUMBER7]

Get well soon John. My prayers are with you.

[PinkFloyd]

Better news even yet... John just called and told me that he's hoping to be released tomorrow if things go right...

Story is that he said he wasn't feeling too well the past few days, but thought it was just him being tired and all... Well; he was at the grocery store with his daughter and said all of a sudden he felt pretty bad... Upon arriving at home, he woke his wife and said that she needed to run him to the ER ASAP !!!

Once at the hospital, they ran some tests and decided to have him life flighted to Billings... After some more tests were ran, it was concluded that John had been having heart attacks... I know he didn't say stentz(sp), but it was something to that nature that they placed in his heart... He had 5 of whatever it was he was saying placed in his heart...

He honestly thought it was just heartburn... Anyway, I told him to stop in sometime on here and say hi... He said he just got his computer fixed, but said he would once he gets to feeling better...

So; things are looking up... He said it would take more than a heart attack to get him down... He said for me to tell all of you thank you for thinking of him, and that he was thankful for having such good friends on here...

I'm also thankful for each and everyone of you to be this supportive when times get hard for members, and their families... In a sense, I feel that WE are all one big family... I've only met John from the many memebers on here, but I know that each and every one of you do have a side of compassion when times get rough for someone on here...

So; from me to all of you --- I thank each and everyone of you for the thoughts and prayers... Not only for John, but for everyone else on here who needs them...

I applaud you all !!! :clap: :clap:

[Hydrae]

This is good news indeed.

And I, for one, thank you for keeping us updated.

[RJ]

Glad to hear JOhn is doing better. Always thought he was a good guy. Night crew HOF.

[Redcoats58]

Hope you have a speedy recovery JOhn. You're in my prayers.

[Iowanian]

GIt WEll SOon, JOhn.

[greg63]

Good thoughts and prayers for you John; get better quick.

[KcMizzou]

Glad to hear things are looking a little better.

Take care, JOhn.

[Dartgod]

Glad to hear he's doing well.

[KC Dan]

This is great news! Keep on jammin' JOhn!!!

[Frankie]

Hey JOhn,

Glad to hear of your progress. Here's a promise of a rep on your first post in this thread.

Get well soon. And take rehab seriously.

[Inspector]

Prayers to him. And so damn young. Wow.....Get well soon JOhn.

[bkkcoh]

Glad to hear that he is improving as rapidly as he is. T&P to him and family

[ct]

TnP JOhn, get better soon!!

[BIG_DADDY]

Our prayers go out to you and your family JOhn. I hope you are around and kicking soon.

BIG DADDY and lil momma

[Chief Roundup]

Glad to hear he is doing better. JOhn was he first planeteer to ask me to join the Chiefsplanet FFL. Hope you continue to get better.

[tommykat]

Wow, 5 stints? JOhn you are missed...take care of you and your family! This place will always be here for you....:thumb:

[ROYC75]

OMG, I just now saw this ...... Sorry JOhn, glad to know things are looking up and our prayers go out to you and your family for your improving health.

[JOhn]

WOW, I feel truly humbled by all the responses and well wish's. Thank you each and everyone of you, your thoughts, prayers and well wish's are greatly appreciated.

I saw the thread briefly yesterday, and just now finished reading all the replies and I really am speechless other then to simply say thank you all very much. Well I guess I'll give you all a brief (or as brief as I can make it) synopsis of recent events.

I started having what I thought was pain from a pulled chest muscle or maybe pleurisy(sp?) about 2 1/2 weeks ago. And having been a Paramedic for many years and currently in classes to finish up getting my RN degree, I figured I knew what the pain was and that there was nothing to worry about. Boy was I wrong, and it nearly cost me my life.

Well friday night I took my 11 y/o daughter with me to WalMart for a little school shopping. I started having the pain again, but by the time we left the store I was feeling ok. Shortly after getting home at midnight The pain returned & was 10x worse than ever before. Over my vocal objections my daughter went and woke my wife up. And once again over my objections they took me to the ER.

As soon as they ran the EKG on me, the ER Doctor got very serious and said I need to be Life-Flighted to Billings, as I was in the midst of a major heart attack. while waiting for the Helo, the gave me a clot busting drug, to attempt to break any of the clots forming in the arteries of my heart and lesson any damage. And because of this one procedure I managed to escape with very little permanent damage to my heart.

They flew me to Billings & at 5am that morning the took me to the cardiac cath lab, and proceeded to place 5 stents in the vessels of my heart. (for those of you with medical knowledge I'll give a little more detail) They Placed 3 in the Left Anterior Descending and 2 more Right Coronary artery. they said the right one was 90% blocked at one point, and all the others were in the 70-80% area.

Again thanks to the clot busting drugs the gave me at the Hospital here in Cody, I have managed to suffer very little permanent damage & the stints should prevent any further problems if I Follow Dr instructions and start eating better and exercising more.

I did get home yesterday morning & been resting a lot. I feel like a giant pin cushion from all the IV's and the large catheter needles the placed in the artery in my groin. Got so many bruises it's painful to sit up, let alone get up and walk around.

Well so much for the short story :LOL: It really means a lot to know even though I havn't posted regularly in awhile you all took the time to wish me well. I sincerely thank you all for the well wishes and prayerss...... I really does mean a lot to both me & my wife.

[Frazod]

Fat guy here. My heart's fine! :p

Glad you're feeling better.

[cdcox]

JOhn! Good to see you.

[PinkFloyd]

And we're all so glad to see you back in action...


You really need to visit more often... Maybe you can relax and rest on here...

[JOhn]

Fat guy here. My heart's fine! :p

Glad you're feeling better.
:banghead:

Yea guess I'll cut you some slack on the fat jokes now. The thing that reall stuns me is that I'm only 40 (well 41 on the 14th), I feel to danm young for this to happen.

[Frazod]

:banghead:

Yea guess I'll cut you some slack on the fat jokes now. The thing that reall stuns me is that I'm only 40 (well 41 on the 14th), I feel to danm young for this to happen.

So, you giving up the cigarettes?

[JOhn]

So, you giving up the cigarettes?
Already had quit :thumb: Well other than the occasional smoke when we happened to be at a bar.

[FAX]

Glad to hear you're okay, Mr. JOhn. Very glad.

I was worried there for a while.

FAX

[Skip Towne]

:banghead:

Yea guess I'll cut you some slack on the fat jokes now. The thing that reall stuns me is that I'm only 40 (well 41 on the 14th), I feel to danm young for this to happen.
My dad was 46 when he died of his 5th heart attack. In '63 before open heart surgery.

[Frazod]

Already had quit :thumb: Well other than the occasional smoke when we happened to be at a bar.

That'll help.

I've been quit almost two years now. Never lost the weight I gained from quitting, but apparently that's not such a bad thing. :)

BTW, I'm 42.......

[milkman]

Get well Planeteer..this might be our SB year ...

JOhn, just stumbled upon this thread and was surprised to learn of your attack, and pleased to hear of your recovery.

But don't pay any attention to bb here.

This won't be our year, so you're just going to have to stick around for a few more years, damnit.

[JOhn]

My dad was 46 when he died of his 5th heart attack. In '63 before open heart surgery.
Yea my Cardiologist said heredity has a lot to do with it. My father was 41 when he had his 1st of 6, with the last resulting in open heart surgery.

So guess I got another thing to curse him for :cuss:

[JOhn]

I do know one thing for sure, I'll never assume chest pain is something not to worry about no matter what age you are.

I truly was terrified when they loaded me on that helicopter, I really was afraid that was the last time I would ever see my wife again.

This has been a real wake up call for me, and I pray I have the strength and fortitude to really make some changes in my life. I've got 5 great kids, the youngest is 2 1/2< and I sure want to be here to see him grow up!!

[Simplex3]

Damn man. Glad to hear you're alright. Do us all a favor and take care of yourself.

[Manila-Chief]

[QUOTE=JOhn

I did get home yesterday morning & been resting a lot. I feel like a giant pin cushion from all the IV's and the large catheter needles the placed in the artery in my groin. Got so many bruises it's painful to sit up, let alone get up and walk around.
[/QUOTE]

What do you mean you are resting. Didn't you hear the doctor's advice ... exercise ... get moving .... hut 1, hut 2 .....

Seriously ... follow your doctors advice. We need you around here. And, I know your famiy wants you around a lot longer. Eleven year old Hero!!!! Daughters have a way with their Dads!!!!

I hope Herm's win by 3 points philosophy doesn't give you another attack. You may wish to allow the 11 year old hero to control the remote.

[JOhn]

Eleven year old Hero!!!! Daughters have a way with their Dads!!!!


I told my daughter that earlier today, Had it not been for her pestering me, then finally insisting that mom got woke up to take me to the hosp, who know's what might have happened. Very likely I would have gone to bed, or at the very least waited much to long before I did seek help.

Told her that I loved her, and thanked her for very possibly saving my life, great little girl she is. :thumb:

Well better start following Dr's advice and get some rest, thanks again everyone.

[Mr. Kotter]

JOhn....

Glad to see you are doin' better; well, even. :thumb:

I know, genetics can be a curse; hang it there...take better care of yourself.

Best wishes and prayers your way.

Rob

[Bwana]

Great news that you are already home and the damage was limited. Which Hospital did you end up at?

In any event, get your rest and get well soon.

[Frankie]

WOW, I feel truly humbled by all the responses ........
Rep, as promised.

[Frankie]

... at 5am that morning the took me to the cardiac cath lab, and proceeded to place 5 stents in the vessels of my heart.....Welcome to the club, bud. Except my 5 are all in one artery. The other two were almost totally open.

[chagrin]

Hey JOhn - glad to hear you are okay :)

[PastorMikH]

Hey JOhn, glad to see you back!


Has the Dr released you yet for housework?

(Couldn't resist a blast from the past now that you are home and better);)

[BIG_DADDY]

I told my daughter that earlier today, Had it not been for her pestering me, then finally insisting that mom got woke up to take me to the hosp, who know's what might have happened. Very likely I would have gone to bed, or at the very least waited much to long before I did seek help.

Told her that I loved her, and thanked her for very possibly saving my life, great little girl she is. :thumb:

Well better start following Dr's advice and get some rest, thanks again everyone.

Great to see you doing better JOhn, keep it up.

[BIG_DADDY]

Rep, as promised. LMAO

You're friggen amazing dude.

[memyselfI]

John, so glad you are feeling better...

Yes, I did want you to get better. ;)

[greg63]

Glad your back! :)

[big nasty kcnut]

glad your ok my friend just watch the chiefs and post here it's alway relax me.

[JOhn]

Great news that you are already home and the damage was limited. Which Hospital did you end up at?

In any event, get your rest and get well soon.
Sorry I havn't answered any sooner but been kinda busy, and truth be told still not feeling the greatest

The lifeflighted me to Deaconess, though I had wanted to go to St.V but the were diverting, cause the were overloaded.

[PinkFloyd]

Sorry I havn't answered any sooner but been kinda busy, and truth be told still not feeling the greatest

The lifeflighted me to Deaconess, though I had wanted to go to St.V but the were diverting, cause the were overloaded.

I told you too lay off the greasy hamburgers and Nat lite !!! :p

[JOhn]

I told you too lay off the greasy hamburgers and Nat lite !!! :p
Truthfully, I gave up drinking for the most part when Brandy & I got married. Good thing I did.

[PinkFloyd]

Truthfully, I gave up drinking for the most part when Brandy & I got married. Good thing I did.

I can usually have about 3 and feel like I drank a 30 pack... Just getting kinda of old at feeling like I'm 60 in the mornings... Had 3 at bowling league lastnight, and woke with the worst headache ever...

[JOhn]

I can usually have about 3 and feel like I drank a 30 pack... Just getting kinda of old at feeling like I'm 60 in the mornings... Had 3 at bowling league lastnight, and woke with the worst headache ever...
hehe, yup that's how it was for me. Just got tired of the "day after".

[PinkFloyd]

hehe, yup that's how it was for me. Just got tired of the "day after".

I usually wind up being the designated driver which is good for everyone... NOW; if we go out of town or out of state to bowl --- the taxi driver is the designated driver for the night !!!

[Valiant]

Truthfully, I gave up drinking for the most part when Brandy & I got married. Good thing I did.


That was probably keeping your blood thin for you..

[AZChief]

glad you're feelin' better, JOhn. Welcome back...

[Calcountry]

I came on board about the time you cut out of this place, but I am 42 year old, so this is just another reminder that your next heart beat could be your last. Prayers and good wishes to you dude.

[Bwana]

Sorry I havn't answered any sooner but been kinda busy, and truth be told still not feeling the greatest

The lifeflighted me to Deaconess, though I had wanted to go to St.V but the were diverting, cause the were overloaded.

Well, good to have you back around here. So what do they have you doing for your long tem health at this point?

[PinkFloyd]

Well, good to have you back around here. So what do they have you doing for your long tem health at this point?


Smoking cigarettes and watching ---- Captain Kangaroo !!


:p


John will be just fine... Being in the medical field before, I'm sure he knows what he can and can't do from this point on...